• brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    The Chinese government’s preferred perception is “philosophical and stable,” and all this just plays into that.

    The US’s… Well, I don’t even know anymore.

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      i mean, don’t get me wrong, i may not agree with China’s ethos, but it’s at least an ethos. Usonia is just basically collapsing under the weight of our own virulent individuality and greed right now.

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        It’s collapsing under propaganda and a cult of personality.

        The USA’s old ethos as a “champion of liberty,” rebel against tyrrany, equalizer (yes, I know) was at least admirable, and the indiviuality and greed were somewhat functional. The weight we’ve collapsed under is the populations collective susceptibility to runaway propaganda machines, which we have completely ignored both for the illusion of “freedom of speech” (even though online spaces are nothing like open forums) and blatant bribery.

        If Canda and Europe knew what’s good for them, they’d ban all American social media yesterday.